50% of police officers in Luhansk sided with the separatists, 50% remained loyal to Ukraine. All weapons and ammunition had been handed out to the police. All roads in Luhansk oblast are blocked by pro-Ukrainian police checkpoints.

The crime rate has grown up by 300% as the police is busy defending precincts and checkpoints.

The unemployment also went up, leading to the higher crime rate.

In Donetsk, the local police have sided with the separatists.

Almost all road checkpoints are controlled by the separatists. There has been a full-fledged Russian invasion by Russia GRU groups numbering up to a battalion.

If the situation is not changed within a day, Ukraine border guards and army wont be able to oppose the Russian troops frontal attack as their communications have been cut.

Ukraine paratroopers have been moved from Dnipropetrovsk to Sloviansk, but their CO has been sitting on the fence for 36 hours already, something which reminds me of the Crimean developments.

There are isolated groups of people unwilling to serve Putin and offering armed resistance. There is a confirmation from 3 sources that a 10-strong group of separatists was killed at one of the road checkpoints.

A massive pro-Ukrainian rally is scheduled for Apr. 17 in Donetsk. Some predict a massacre, some believe it is a chance to save the situation, Lesya Orobets said.

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